Grammatical class

Preposition

depuis

since

Details

Syllables

de-puis

Phonetics

də.pɥi

Grammatical class

Preposition

Freq. (books)

106

Freq. (movies)

158

Freq. (news)

61

Variants

Sentences

Le train part depuis Stockholm.

The train leaves from Stockholm.

A1

Je vis ici depuis trois ans.

I've lived here for three years.

A1

On habite ici depuis l’an 2000.

We've lived here since the year 2000.

A1

Il dort depuis midi.

He has been sleeping since noon.

A1

Il a plu depuis hier.

It has rained since yesterday.

A1

Il pleut depuis hier.

It's been raining since yesterday.

A1

Il pleut depuis mardi.

It's been raining since Tuesday.

A1

Je suis ici depuis samedi.

I've been here since Saturday.

A2

Il est mort depuis cinq ans.

He died five years ago.

A2

Ziri sait depuis longtemps.

Ziri found out long ago.

B1

Il neigeait depuis une semaine.

It had been snowing for a week.

B1

Le Marché Monétaire et Ses Crises depuis Cinquante Ans

The Money Market and Its Crises over the Last Fifty Years

C2